News archive from 13 January 2014
Bentaleb was brilliant for Spurs, he almost matched Xavi in midfield... and Johnson was a new player for...
Here's the outstanding stat of the weekend for you. On his full league debut, Nabil Bentaleb, Tottenham's 19-year-old midfielder, made 106 passes. That's more passes than any other player in the Premier League and he completed 93.4 per cent of them,...
If Terry or Suarez had celebrated like Anelka, they would have been banned by dithering FA long before now
The Football Association have now appointed an expert to look into Nicolas Anelka's quenelle gesture. Maybe it is the one notionally engaged by comedian Jerry Sadowitz for a rare appearance on national television. "Tonight on the show that...
New London finance jobs rise for first time since early 2012
However, the number of jobs created in the whole of 2013 fell 21 percent compared with the year before as the financial jobs market still struggles to recover from the effects of the financial crisis, after which a number of banks cut jobs or pulled...
Five Chinese firms postpone IPOs as regulator tightens supervision
The China Regulatory Commission said in a statement late on Sunday that it would strengthen its supervision of IPOs, after a small drug maker postponed its share sale saying it was "too big". The stock watchdog, which had promised a more...
GM close to reintroducing common stock dividend, CFO says
"We're closer than we have been given all the actions that we have taken, investment grade rating, all of that. When we have something to announce we'll do it." GM last paid a dividend on its common stock in May 2008. Ammann also said he...
Iran nuclear deal to take effect on January 20
Shortly after the interim accord takes effect, an Iranian official added, Tehran and world powers will start negotiating a final settlement of their differences about activity the West suspects is aimed at obtaining a nuclear weapons capability. Iran...
France's Hollande has tight window to step up reform pace
The new year could hardly have started worse for the French leader, who failed to keep a promise to the nation to halt the rise in unemployment by the end of 2013 and is now dealing with media allegations of a secret love affair. Photos in a celebrity...
Home from home you won't want to leave
10 Images WHEN my oldest friend Nick said he'd bought a cottage as a holiday let, I figured it was only polite to get ourselves booked in for a week and try it out. So that's how we found ourselves winging our way up the motorway for a week to be...
The corporate guff award goes to...
Each January I have handed out prizes to the finest, freshest examples of corporate guff spoken or written in the preceding 12 months, writes author and Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway. Every year they just get better, the 2013 crop being the...
What's next for the Big Three US carmakers?
With the spectre of government bailouts behind them, the big three US carmakers - General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler - are looking ahead to what's next in Detroit at this year's annual car show, which gets under way on Monday. The feeling of a renewal...
The crowdfunding boss inspired by her parents' struggles
While many of us have a lot to thank our parents for, Danae Ringelmann credits hers with inspiring her to help establish a new global industry. Ms Ringelmann is one of the three co-founders of Indiegogo, one of the world's first - and now one of the...
Calling time on Taiwan's handmade noodles
Noodles have been around for thousands of years, but one of the oldest ways of making them is dying out. Hand-pulled string noodles, called mian xian in Mandarin, have been made for around 2,000 years. Until the 1960s they were still made in the...
U.S. profits could bounce in 2014 if economy gains steam
Faster economic growth should translate into better sales growth for the Standard & Poor's 500 index, and that has investors watching the coming fourth-quarter earnings reports to see if chief executives sound more optimistic - and if they plan on...
Peter Capaldi lends name to Barnardo's fostering campaign
A young Peter Capaldi. Brenda Farrell, of Barnardo’s, said the aim of the campaign was to recruit 8,600 more foster carers. Photograph: Barnardos/PA He is best known for playing foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, but even...
Obesity in UK 'could be far worse than predicted'
The report calls for hard-hitting obesity campaigns similar to those targeting smokers. Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer Predictions on the number of obese and overweight people in the UK may dramatically underestimate the worst-case...
Realtime News
- 09:15 Cold and windy day ahead with possible sleet or snow for...
- 09:12 Little angels shine in Hartlepool in their school nativity play
- 09:12 Hartlepool councillors set to call on Government for more money for...
- 09:12 Hartlepool murder that shocked Britain set to be made into film
- 09:10 Still time to book for free community festive meal in Spilsby
- 09:10 Cleadon nursery plays host to Canadian visitors in exchange scheme
- 09:10 Campaigners delight as plan to sell off historic Sunderland church...
- 09:08 Chilling first words of son seconds after murdering his own dad
- 09:06 Weekend fixtures
- 09:06 Wigan street cleaners to work evenings to ease traffic woes
- 09:05 Cold and windy day ahead with possible sleet or snow for...
- 09:02 Old School Yard: Looking back to the classroom with your old school...
- 08:59 New bar and restaurant set for Wakefield city centre
- 08:59 Road closed after two cars collide near roundabout on major route
- 08:54 Cold and windy day ahead with possible sleet or snow for...
- 08:52 Justine Greening calls for second vote to kill off PM’s Brexit deal...
- 08:52 Man, 57, reportedly stabbed by teenager on Sheffield street
- 08:51 Cold and windy day ahead with possible sleet or snow for...
- 08:49 Freezing rain with possible black ice, sleet and snow for Derbyshire
- 08:47 Storm warning for wildlife
- 08:46 Meet Yorkshire’s all-female RNLI lifeboat crew
- 08:45 New tourist attraction in the centre of Lutterworth
- 08:45 City Tastes & Tipples: The Counting House, Wakefield
- 08:43 Freezing rain with possible black ice, sleet and snow for Derbyshire
- 08:43 Justine Greening calls for second vote to kill off PM’s Brexit deal...
- 08:42 Man, 57, reportedly stabbed by teenager on Sheffield street
- 08:41 UN climate talks extended due to sticking points in Poland
- 08:40 Chelsea news: Man Utd transfer hijack, AC Milan move claim,...
- 08:40 Liverpool vs Man Utd: Jurgen Klopp HITS BACK at Jose Mourinho's...
- 08:39 Cancer con artist used 'illness' to fleece her husband and online...
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